"tina" wrote in message
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I did see a little device in a gardening mag. "make your own seedling
pots" out of newspaper. But it was £13.00 + £5 p&p. Nice idea as your
recycling your spare newspaper, but £18.00 seems a bit expensive.

In theory newspaper can be recycled for other purposes. i.e
pulped up in bulk and turned into cardboard or whatever.

Yogurt pots and other plastics - including 4pt milk containers
lemonade bottles etc can't be recycled in a similar fashion but
being waterproof, rotproof and lightweight are ideal for using
as pots, propagation covers etc. All sorts of gardening uses in
fact. All it takes is a bit of ingenuity, and the ability to
drill\pierce a few drainage holes in the bottom or cut the things
up as required.
When you see all the trouble previous generations including the
Victorians had to go to, you'd imagine they'd have given their eye
teeth for the wonderful materials we throw away in the bin
every day without giving it a second thought. Yes, and there's
a name for it as well.


michael adams